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Police suspends selling fuel in jerrycans at pumps to curtail petrol bombs

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The Uganda police Force-UPF have suspended selling and buying of fuel in jerrycans at all pumps until the end of elections to curtail acts of making petrol bombs in the anticipated riots.

This follows the protests that took place 2 weeks back after the arrest of National Unity Platform’s presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. The protest broke out on November 18-19th spreading to several towns across the country and leading to the death of over 50 people and hundreds nursing wounds.

According to the joint security task force inter-agency reports, more anticipated riots are more likely to happen during the ongoing campaigns and in post-elections periods fueled by some of the ringleaders who are still at large.

The commissioner of police Fred Enanga also the police spokesperson Enanga said that they have decided to suspend selling and buying fuel in Jerry cans at all fuel stations to foil the plotted unrest that intend at burning roads and government properties.

Enanga says that rioters were buying fuel in Jerry cans to make petrol bombs that were being used in hurrying at government and security personnel vehicles.

Police have also said that interagency units have started closely monitoring the movement, conductor and transportation of car tyres in some garages and changing service centers at petrol stations.

We had people who were burning the roads, destroying government properties and most of the suspects were getting these tyres from some garages, said Enanga. We want to closely monitor the transportation and the use of these tyres, added Enanga.

Among the incidents of the recent riots, was the attempted arsons on fuel stations which is still part of the alleged plans by rioter’s ringleaders who still want to cause havoc according to security interagency.

One of the pump stations that the rioters attempted to burn was KK petrol station along the Kampala- Mityana road and another fuel pump in Iganga town on the first of Kyagulanyi’s arrest in Luuka district.

In the aftermath of the protests, more than 1,000 people were arrested of whom 843 have been charged before courts of law, 699 have been remanded while 93 released on court bail. 113 suspects have received police bonds, 13 are held in police cells up to now and only 21 have been cleared and subsequently released.

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